Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)

195 books

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Humorous Fiction

584

Eleanor H. Porter - Miss Billy

Mr. Neilson was determined to name his first child after his boyhood chum, William Henshaw. When the baby disappointed him by being a girl, he was consoled by naming her Billy. Miss Billy, now 18, orphaned and all...

ashleighjane and 6 more 6 hours 17 minutes Miss Billy Series

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

525

Andrew Lang - Grey Fairy Book

The tales in the Grey Fairy Book are derived from many countries — Lithuania, various parts of Africa, Germany, France, Greece, and other regions of the world. They have been translated and adapted by Mrs. Dent, Mrs....

Maria Therese and 24 more 9 hours 52 minutes Andrew Lang's Fairy Books

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Action & Adventure Fiction

547

Rolf Boldrewood - Robbery Under Arms

A tale of cattle duffing, horse stealing and bushranging in the New South Wales outback with Captain Starlight. To quote the author «though presented in the guise of fiction, this chronicle of the Marston family...

Graeme Dunlop and 11 more 19 hours 47 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

587

Baroness Emma Orczy - League of the Scarlet Pimpernel

Written by Baroness Orczy and first published in 1919, The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel is a sequel book to the classic adventure tale, The Scarlet Pimpernel. The book consists of eleven short stories about Sir...

Edward W. LaBonte and 7 more 8 hours 34 minutes

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Camp-Fire Girls In The Allegheny Mountains or, A Christmas Success Against Odds

Action & Adventure

456

Stella M. Francis - Camp-Fire Girls In The Allegheny Mountains or, A Christmas Success Against Odds

The Camp Fire Girls books is a series of fiction novels written for children by various authors from 1912 into the 1930s. (Wikipedia)

Lucy Burgoyne 4 hours 17 minutes

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Animals & Nature

566

Arthur Scott Bailey - Tale of Betsy Butterfly

Arthur Scott Bailey (1877 – 1949) was the author of more than forty children's books. «Mr. Bailey centered all his plots in the animal, bird and insect worlds, weaving natural history into the stories in a way that...

Lucy Burgoyne 1 hour 47 minutes

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*Non-fiction

560

George Dunderdale - Book of the Bush

«While the world was young, nations could be founded peaceably. There was plenty of unoccupied country, and when two neighbouring patriarchs found their flocks were becoming too numerous for the pasture, one said to...

Magdalena and 10 more 12 hours 15 minutes

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Celebration of Dialects and Accents, Vol 1.

*Non-fiction

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Aesop - Celebration of Dialects and Accents, Vol 1.

A celebration of all the wonderful dialects and accents found within the Librivox community! The goal being to record a 'phonetically relevant' text by as many volunteers as possible, and make this dialect/accent...

Julie VW and 34 more 36 minutes

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Animals & Nature

568

Arthur Scott Bailey - Tale of Benny Badger

«Mr. Bailey centered all his plots in the animal, bird and insect worlds, weaving natural history into the stories in a way that won educator's approval without arousing the suspicions of his young readers. He made it...

Lucy Burgoyne 1 hour 48 minutes

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Detective Fiction

465

Fergus Hume - Madame Midas

Hume was born in England, the second son of Dr James Hume. At the age of three his father emigrated with his family to Dunedin, New Zealand. He was admitted to the New Zealand bar in 1885. Shortly after graduation he...

Lucy Burgoyne 13 hours 17 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

465

Miles Franklin - My Brilliant Career

Sybella «There is no plot in this story, because there has been none in my life or in any other life which has come under my notice. I am one of a class, the individuals of which have no time for plots in their life,...

Annise and 11 more 9 hours 13 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

441

Margaret Penrose - Motor Girls on a Tour

This is the second book in the series of the Motor Girls. Join Cora and her friends in this mystery and adventure of The Motor Girls. Also the search for a missing table and promise book belonging to a cripple girl...

Lucy Burgoyne 5 hours 51 minutes

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New

Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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